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About Mackenzie Reide

Mackenzie Reide is a mechanical engineer, adventurer, and writer. She also dabbles in aerospace, so yes, you can call her a rocket scientist. She loves to see strong girls in stories which is reflected in her middle grade books, "The Mystery of Troll Creek" and "The Mask of the Troll", which are part of "The Adventurers" trilogy. If you like sci-fi mixed with speculative fiction, you can read her short story "Cascadia" in the anthology "Infinite Dimensions: Crossroads". She also has a short story "Shifting Gears" in the anthology "Altered States of the Union". She is currently working on the third book and final chapter of "The Adventurers" and a new sci-fi short story for the next installment of the "Infinite Dimensions" series.

A friend of mine recently recommended the Young Explorer's Adventure Guides and I immediately fell in love with them. Not only are these stories chock full of excitement and adventure but each character is unique. Whether an alien, robot or human, this collection of short stories will take the reader to new places and inspire us all to remember that we each have our own story to tell.

I am pleased to welcome middle grade author Shana Gorian and the amazing Rosco the Rascal! Can you tell us about yourself and your books? Shana Gorian Thanks for having me on your blog, Mackenzie. I’m an author of an early middle grade series for 6-10 year-olds called Rosco the Rascal. I published the first book in this series in 2014 and I currently have four books out with

I like to moonlight as editor of the SCBWI Metro NY Chapter Blog. We wrapped up our season with Nova Ren Suma speaking on Finding Your Own Unique voice. I was the writer on this one. To check out other articles and events go to: SCBWI Metro NY Chapter Award-winning YA author and writing instructor Nova Ren Suma spoke about voice at the final SCBWI Tuesday night professional series lecture

I often moonlight as an editor for the SCBWI Metro NY Chapter Blog. This panel on diversity in children's books caught my eye. Here is the article by Adria Quiñones. This article is reposted from SCBWI Metro NY Chapter Blog The last year has seen heightened awareness and active discussion about the importance of providing diverse books for children. Inspired by the recent Children’s Book

I often moonlight as an editor for the SCBWI Metro NY Chapter Blog. For you writers with all those characters stuck in your head. Here is an article from of our events by Gae Polisner. This article is reposted from SCBWI Metro NY Chapter Blog Editorial Assistant Kelsey Murphy of Balzer & Bray led a wonderful workshop at the SCBWI LI on Saturday April 13, at the Huntington Public

I often moonlight as an editor for the SCBWI Metro NY Chapter Blog. For those interested in the world of literary agents. Here is an article from our annual agents panel by Adria Quiñones. This article is reposted from SCBWI Metro NY Chapter Blog The November Professional Series agents panel, always a sold-out event, was for the first time presented jointly with the New School’s Writing for

After many folks have asked, 'Why don't you start a blog?" I finally acquiesced. Thank you to Patricia Keeler for your gentle poke in the right direction, and the invitation for joining a character blog tour! Patricia is a wonderful author and illustrator who loves to draw scrappy little girls who hang backwards over swings, excel at watermelon seed spitting contests and whip around at high